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Comment by tayloramurphy

1 day ago

I think you mean "milquetoast". The wikipedia link led me to "milk toast", which is interesting in itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Milquetoast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_toast

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saagarjha  20 hours ago

TIL the etymology for the word

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